“you have been called a rebel from the womb.” Israel (and Judah) were rebellious “from the womb,” that is, from the time the nation was born as a covenant nation of God’s people. It was only a very short time—a couple of months at most—after Israel made a covenant on Mount Sinai to obey God (Exod. 24) that they disobeyed Him and abandoned Him and made a golden calf god (Exod. 32).